Digital

For me, drawing the line between stylized and realistic is always a challenge because I'm forever tempted to keep pushing the details of every piece. That said, these pieces are where I really aimed for photorealism as much as possible.

A realistic style digital illustration of a black girl in profile. It's summer, with plants and warm sunlight behind her. She has a colorful braided fabric woven in to her hair at her temple, and she has rows of white gemstones on her cheek below her light hazel eyes.A realistic style digital illustration of an Black woman posing for a photo on a set of train tracks. She's wearing a purple, geometric designed 3/4 sleeve shirt, a denim mini-skirt, and strappy black heels.A realistic style digital painting of a fashionable Asian woman walking through an empty city square. She has shoulder-length red hair, and wears a cream colored dress, thigh-high black heel boots, a gold belt and gold jewelry, and a long camel coat.A realistic-style digital illustration of a very pale girl with white-blond hair sitting on the sidewalk in front of a metal gate. She is wearing a colorful striped t-shirt, denim shorts, seafoam green sneakers, and large dangly earrings.

© 2005-2026 Aayla Anderson. The images on this website may not be reproduced.

Traditional
Watercolor and colored-pencil illustration of a woman with long, wavy, teal-colored hair standing on the beach at sunset. She is wearing a pink crop top with a large bow in the middle and lavender linen pants.

© 2005-2026 Aayla Anderson. The images on this website may not be reproduced.